Avengers: Age of Ultron is about to hit theaters — and most likely rule the summer-movie season — but one guy who’s about to take it easy is director Joss Whedon. Pencils are down, test is turned in, even had a premiere. So now we have to start thinking of what’s next for the geek god — and iconic innovator — who’s given us Buffy, Firefly and neato little Shakespeare projects filmed at his house on the cheap.

“I’ve been making superhero movies my whole career. That’s basically what everything boils down to. It’s not shocking since I read so many of them. I grew up on comics and everything I do has a lot of that aspect.”